# I don't get this license plate **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174 "2020-01-29T17:48:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/21 "2020-01-30T23:14:42Z")
When I was a kid I remember seeing a game show called Bumper Stumpers where there were three contestants and they’d show a license plate and the people had to figure it out. I think it did not last long on the air but I liked it! I used to live near someone with a Mini with the license plate ITTYBITY. Always liked that one. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/22 "2020-01-30T23:28:43Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > My two favorites > [ul] > [li]FEATURE on a VW Bug[/li][li]VLAD on a Chevy Impala[/li][/ul] Awesome! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/23 "2020-01-30T23:52:26Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > My two favorites > [ul] > [li]FEATURE on a VW Bug[/li][li]VLAD on a Chevy Impala[/li][/ul] You would love the one I have for Bessie (Google image search “Road Kow”) ------ AM1SH. I managed to get that when I found out AMISH was already taken. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/24 "2020-01-31T00:44:39Z")
**IML8 IML8** on a VW…a white Rabbit. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/25 "2020-01-31T01:28:58Z")
> [@digs](#): > > **IML8 IML8** on a VW…a white Rabbit. I was going to post that one. Except the one I heard about was just ML8 ML8. Perhaps some state allows 8 letter vanity plates, but most restrict them to 6 or 7 letters. Anyway, I heard about that one way back in the 70s or 80s, so it’s, well, call it a classic. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/26 "2020-01-31T03:18:55Z")
I heard of a guy who had a Firebird with the license plage **ALS IROC**. When people came up and said “That’s not an IROC” he’d respond with “I’m not Al.” ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/27 "2020-01-31T03:45:42Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > A photo was posted on a car site and a quick note telling about how popular it was and how a old lady didn’t get it. Well I don’t get it either: > > 4 FOXS8K > > Dennis Hmm, I would have thought it was from a conservative who only watched Fox News and was playing on For Fuck’s Sake ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/28 "2020-01-31T03:50:05Z")
I’ve seen “SXKTTN” and a buddy of mine who is an OB-GYN had “BOXDOC”. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/29 "2020-01-31T03:53:30Z")
When I was in graduate business school, in the late '80s, I had a classmate who was pretty much an unapologetic douchebag. He was absolutely full of himself, and fully believed he was God’s gift to women. Personalized plates were still a fairly novel thing, and whatever screening system the Wisconsin DMV had for plate requests somehow let this guy’s request through: PEN1S When I saw the plates (which he was, in fact, quite proud of), all I could say was “wow.” ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/30 "2020-01-31T12:12:55Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > My two favorites > [ul] > [li]FEATURE on a VW Bug[/li][li]VLAD on a Chevy Impala[/li][/ul] > > … Don’t get either of them. ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/31 "2020-01-31T12:15:14Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > I saw one years ago: BREAD8 So, are you going to leave us in suspense, or are you going to explain it?.. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/32 "2020-01-31T12:20:24Z")
> [@LLCoolL](#): > > Don’t get either of them. It’s a feature, not a bug - standard software response to any defect report Vlad the Impala - Vlad the Impaler is the inspiration for Dracula ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/33 "2020-01-31T15:52:07Z")
> [@LLCoolL](#): > > So, are you going to leave us in suspense, or are you going to explain it?.. Bread in Spanish - pan 8 in Spanish- ocho Panocha is used similarly to how Americans use “pussy” - as a vulgar term for female genitalia or calling a man a “wuss.” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/34 "2020-01-31T16:39:27Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > Well, I didn’t get it, but I’m going to hijack this to mention a vanity plate I saw last night… > > CIA GRAD > > Chef or poser? Probably graduated from the Culinary Institute of America, the Colorado Institute of Art, or the Cleveland Institute of Art. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/35 "2020-01-31T16:49:39Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Which makes you wonder how that got past the DMV’s censors, since profanity isn’t usually allowed on personalized plates. I have a feeling that it got by them the same way it got by me. We totally just didn’t get it. LOL I still don’t see it, to be honest. If they did get it, they may consider it so obscure as to be considered harmless. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/36 "2020-01-31T17:49:34Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Probably graduated from the Culinary Institute of America, the Colorado Institute of Art, or the Cleveland Institute of Art. Could be a spy too, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/37 "2020-01-31T18:40:00Z")
Once I was behind a car with Maryland plates TIH2 0 and I couldn’t figure it out until I passed him and saw the plate in the mirror. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/38 "2020-01-31T19:58:53Z")
> [@LLCoolL](#): > > So, are you going to leave us in suspense, or are you going to explain it?.. Sorry, I thought post 16 explained it. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/39 "2020-01-31T20:49:36Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Sorry, I thought post 16 explained it. Post #16 explained nothing if you don’t speak Spanish and knew that you’d have to translate it from English. :rolleyes: I don’t know how people couldn’t understanding the one in the OP, since you just have to literally read what it says. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/40 "2020-01-31T21:08:43Z")
> [@digs](#): > > **IML8 IML8** on a VW…a white Rabbit. My first thought was it should have been on a red Pinto. I read it as “immolate” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174.md?page=3)